Boot or shoe and method of making same



Uct. 20,1931. c. ||A DANIELS BOT OR SHOE ANDl METHOD vOF MAKING SAMEFiled June 17, 1951 d or ey Patented oct. 2o, 1931 A (PATENT, OFFICECLAUDE H. DANIELS, OF NEWTON MASSACHUSETTS BOOT OR SHOE .AND METHOD OFMAKING- SAME Application led J'une 17,

My present invention 4relates to boots or shoes, and includes a novelmethod of manufacturing same.

There are being manufactured, at the pres- 5 ent time, shoes in whichportions of the upper materials comprise a layer of open-Work material,usually textile fabric. This teX- tile fabric, however, in and ofitselfis flimsy and non-self-supporting, requiring the useI l either ofa box toe, or of a toe tip, to prevent collapsing of the upper materialsat this point. The presence of eitherof these elements destroys one ofthe principal purposes of the shoe, which is ventilation andcooll`ness..

An important object of the present inven- A tion, therefore, resides intheprovision of a shoe, portions of the upper materials of which consistof a layer of open-work material, and which shoe may be made without abox toe, and without a toe tip, thus permitting'the manufacture of aplain toe shoe of this type, and furthermore provides ventilation to theextreme toe of the shoe.

Another important object of the present invention resides in theprovision of an open- Work lining, on which the open-work upper portionis superimposed, whereby strength, durability, and ruggedness areincorporated in the shoe without detracting from the ven'- tilating andcooling features thereof, and furthermore still resulting in a shoe ofdesirable lightness.

Another object of the present invention resides in the fact that theopenings in the open-work upper portion and in the lining arehaphazardly or indiscriminately arranged with respect to each other,without detracting from the appearance or ventilation of the shoe. Y

f Another object of the present invention resides in the utilization ofa toe stiiener layer, of open-work material, with the openings thereofindiscriminately positioned or l0- cated with respect to the openings inthe openwork upper material. This toe stifener layer may be utilized inconjunction with the perforated lining above described, or may beutilized alone, without the lining, if desired.

In either form of the shoe, with the lining,

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or with the toe stiifener, or with both, all of the advantageousfeatures of this shoe are retained, at the same time enablin a plain1toe shoe of this type to be produce Without a toe tip and without a boxtoe therein.

The advantages and benefits of my novel shoe will be instantly apparentto those skilled in this art.

I believe that the shoe illustrated and described herein is novel, andhave therefore 00 claimed the same broadly in the present application.

yI also believe that the method of making said shoe, described in thisapplication, is novel, and have also claimed said method herein.

Referring to the drawings, illustrating a preferred embodiment of thepresent invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, artly broken 70 away, illustrating acompleted) shoe manufactured according to my invention;

` Fig. 2 is a fra entary sectional viw on the line 2 2 o Fig. 1 p

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view on an en- 75 larged scale;

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; and A Fig. 5is a fragmentary sectional view, on an enlarged scale, illustrating adifferent type of lining and toe stifener.

Referring now to the drawings, for a particular description of theinvention, 1 designates a layer of upper materials, composed ofopen-work material such as open-work or lacy fabric. Positioned beneaththe toe portion of the layer 1 is a toe stifener 2 provided with aplurality of perforations or apertures 3, said apertures or perforations3 being haphazardly arranged with respect to the openings in thelayer 1. If desired this toe stiifener 2 may be adhesively secured tothe layer 1, for better retention.

I may also provide a lining 4 provided with a plurality of perforationsor apertures 5', 95 sald apertures 5 being also arranged at random orindiscriminately with respect to the openings in the layer 1, and thelining 4, if desired, may be adhesively united to the layer 1.

ornamentation woven therein, Fig: 3 illusi fine trating a variation inthe weaving to produce a desi n effect of alternate widely spaced strans and relatively closely' woven strands. When utilizing both the toestiffener 2 an lining 4, the same are preferably assembled vandperforated simultaneously,- although it will be understood andappreciated that the perforatin of the toe stiifener and lining may be eected as separate operations, andv that the openings 3 and 5 maylikewise be arranged at random with respect to" each other.

If desired, and as will be readily understood, I may construct myAnovelv shoe with all of the layers thereof of the same material. Forexample, as illustrated in Fig. 5, I may utilize an outer openwork layer6 and a toe stilener 7 each of open-work lacy material, adhesivelyunited, or not, as desired.l Also, in addition to the two layers 6y and7, I may provide a linin 8, alsoof open-work material similar to thelayers 6 and 7. When utilizin the two layers 6 and 7 it will beapprevciate that the opening in each layer will be indiscriminatelyarranged with each other,

and that when utilizing the three layers 6, 7

and 8, the openings in each layer will be arranged at random orindiscriminately with respect to the openings in an adjacent layer orayers. A

My invention may be embodied in any type of shoe, whether welt, McKay,turn s oe,

cemented shoe, or otherwise.

It will thus be appreciated that I have d e- Vvised a novel boot orshoe, embodying all of the advantageous features of prior shoesutilizing the o n-work or lacy fabric upper materi s, suc as lightness,coolness and ventilation, and have added thereto advantages and featuresnot heretofore considered possible in a shoe offthis type, such asstrength,

each other, and means fastening the sections together in superimposedrelation.

2. A boot or shoe of the character described comprisin an open-workouter section of textile fa ric, an inner open-work section to reinforceand stiifen said outer section,- at least some of they openings in theinner and the outer sections being alined with each other, and meansfastening the sections together against shifting or being separated reative to one another.

3. A boot or shoe of the character described comprising' an open-workouter section of textile fabric, a plurality of superimposed open-workinner sections to reinforce and stilfen said outer textile fabricsection, the respective sections having alined olpenings and beingfastened together against s ifting or being separated relative to oneanother.

In testimony whereof, I have name to this specification.

. CLAUDE H. DANIELS.

signed my rug edness, durability and self-supporting L at t e importantpoints. Y

While I have necessarily described 'm Eesent invention somewhat indetail, it wi appreciated that I may vary the size,

shape, arrangement of partsdesign and material, within reasonably widelimits, Without deplrting from the spirit of the invention.-

invention is further described and dein the\form of claims as follows:

- 1. A boot or shoe of the character described comprisin h tion oftextile fa ric, an inner open-work setion to. reinforce and stiften saidouter section, at least some of the o eningsv in the inner and the outersections being alined with an open-work uter sec-

